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Mellsrille Serving Allegany and Poffer Counties er 1976, bv Thr iimpanv AH rights rrsrrvrd Ninety-Fifth Yeai Wellsville. New York. Tuesday Afternoon, August 31, 1976 Cuts being extended 10 Pur VOL HOSE CO STANNARDS NY WASHINGTON (UPI) Congress is moving to extend all current income tax cuts, but an easing of the bite of gift and estate taxes may be dead for the year. A House-Senate conference committee agreed to extend all tax cuts at least through 1977, and the Senate Finance Committee voted to extend the current freeze on tax withholding rates to Sept. 15 while the permanent legislation makes its way through Congress.

The end result will be, essentially to Ford pushing parks issue By United Press International The Federal Election Commission has authorized the League of Women Voters to sponsor the proposed presidential campaign debates, which Jimmy Carter predicts will start about the third week in September. The six-member FEC unanimously agreed Monday that the League's Voter Education Fund may sponsor and raise money for the nationally- televised debates, which are expected to cost $150,000 each. Carter said his aides have reached a tentative agreement with Ford's camp to hold three 75-minute debates starting shortly after mid-September. The White House would only say that progress was being made. 4 One remaining question is the role of independent candidates like conservative Lester Maddox and liberal Eugene McCarthy.

Both have indicated they will go to court if necessary to force the networks to give them equal time with Carter and Ford. Ford spent his first full day in Toll may hit 460 CHICAGO (UPI) The National Safety Council estimates from 360 to 460 persons will die in traffic accidents during the three-day Labor Day weekend and between 15,000 and 18,000 persons may suffer disabling injuries. Council President Vincent Tofany said Monday American motorists will travel more miles than ever before in their Labor Day holiday weekend. Council statisticians calculated that motorists will travel a total of about 713.1 billion miles between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Monday, Sept.

6. This compares to 12.6 billion miles for the 1975 holiday period and 11.8 billion for the Labor Day weekend of 1974, when the energy crisis restricted driving. "This increased mileage for the holiday means increased exposure to danger for the country's motorists and to their passengers," Tofany said. "They must be more aware than ever Washington Monday since winning the GOP nomination, while Carter wooed Jewish and black audiences in Atlanta. Carter headed north today to see labor and Catholic groups in Washington and an Italian-American audience in New York.

Carter's voice broke with emotion in Atlanta Monday night when he told a $100-a-plate dinner raising money for the Voter Education Project that he will push for automatic voter registration. "Whether I'm elected or not, I'm going to work hard to see that we have a bill passed in Washington a very simple bill that says when somebody is 18 years old and a citizen of the United States that they're registered to vote," Carter said. This was a dream of the late Martin Luther King whose widow and father attended the banquet. Carter told a conference of Jewish leaders in Atlanta he is committed to keeping Israel strong. "This is not just a political statement," Carter said.

"As a Christian myself, I think the formation of Israel, the founding of that nation is a fulfillment of a Biblical prophecy." He would insist, he said, that Arab nations recognize Israel's "right exist in peace" and acknowledge that "the Israelis didn't cause the Palestinians' problems." Ford is sending to Congress his proposal to double the national park system. Congressional sources indicated it had virtually no chance of passage before the November election, but Ford is expected to make it a campaign issue. Interior Secretary Thomas Kleppe challenged a claim by Carter's camp that Ford's parks proposal is a "grandstand proposal." Kleppe termed the Ford proposal "one of the most important conservation and recreation initiatives since the national park concept was devised 104 years ago." leave everyone paying the same income tax they paid last year. If the tax cuts were to expire, most taxpayers would pay an additional $3 to $6 per week. Not so lucky, however, were farmers, small businessmen, and others who have complained that estate and gift tax rates are forcing sale of farms and other property when owners die because heirs cannot afford the tax.

The House Democratic leadership angrily removed the bill from the floor Monday when a rebellious House, led by a solid bloc of Republicans, voted to open the bill to any amendment printed in advance in the Congressional Record. House Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman, an Oregon Democrat, had tried to bring the bill to the floor under a procedure allowing only a limited number of specific amendments. Traditionally, tax legislation is not left open to amendments on the theory that it is so complicated that amendments could throw it out of fiscal kilter. "Aid to the small farmer and the small businessman is dead," House Democratic Leader Thomas P. O'Neill told GOP Leader John Rhodes.

"Thanks to your party." "You're the majority party," Rhodes responded. "You can call up the measure and get it passed after proper debate and chances at amendments." The income tax cuts agreed to by the conference committee were part of a massive tax revision bill three years in the making. The conferees hope to complete their work next week and have the compromise bill through both houses by Sept. 15. Here are the final tax cuts: The standard deduction would remain at 16 per cent of income, with a minimum deduction of $1,700 for single returns and $2,100 for joint returns, and a maximum of $2,400 for single returns and $2,800 for joint returns.

This cut would be made permanent. Each taxpayer and dependent would be allowed a tax credit of $35, or, alternatively, 2 per cent of the first $9,000 of family income for a maximum credit of $180. A tax credit is subtracted directly from taxes owed as opposed to a deduction, which is subtracted from income before taxes are calculated. This provision would go through 1977. The current earned income credit for low income workers would be extended for a year.

This amounts to 10 per cent of the first $4,000 of earned income, phasing out as income rises from $4,000 to $8,000. If the worker's tax bill was less than the amount of the credit, the extra would be paid from the Treasury in a form of negative income tax. FIRE FIGHTERS-Willing Fire Chief Robert Howe (center) buys the first Smokeguard early warning smoke detector from Earl Nye (left) and Dan Nicholson, co-chairmen of the smoke detector for the Willing Fire Dept. A display of the smoke detectors can be seen at Williams Store in Stannards. More information may be obtained from Mr Nicholson at 593-5068, Mr.

Nye at 593-5962 or Mr. Howe at 593-5295 (Reporter Photo) Strike is replayed at Great Meadow By United Press International Attica prison inmates have ended their week-long strike but a similar protest has begun at Great Meadow prison in eastern New York state, in what a corrections department spokesman termed "an instant replay of Attica." About 1,100, or two-thirds, of the Great Meadow inmates refused Monday evening meals and recreational programs and today only 42 out of 161 inmates with regular work assignments showed up for work. "It appears the demonstration is taking hold and may even be stronger than yesterday," said a Corrections spokesman, but he noted that no written or verbal set of demands had been received from the inmates at the prison in the Washington County community of Comstock. "No. one inmate or definitive group has emerged as the if you don't have a leader to talk with, you can't talk," spokesman Jerry Ducie said.

He added that prison officials had "a general idea of what some of the complaints but were waiting to be officially contacted by inmate representatives, as occurred in the protest at Attica. Harold Smith. Attica superintendent, said all but one of the 1,982 men confined at Attica left their cells Monday for meals, recreational and work activities Inmates told UPI they decided to end the strike Sunday, but that future protests will occur unless the governor and legislature act on the package of judicial and penal reform proposals Sarkis confab crucial BEIRUT, Lebanon (UFIi Lebanese President-elect Elias Sarkis flew to Damascus today for talks with Syrian leaders that both rightists and leftists say are crucial to the Arab League peace efforts in Lebanon Sarkis, whose term of office begins officially Sept 'a. flew to the Syrian capital from a Christian-held area north of Beirut aboard a Syrian helicopter for a 24-hour visit A Syrian spokesman said top Syrian officials met him on arrival at a military airfield outside Damascus Mediators and officials on both sides of the 17-month-old civil war said Sarkis and Syrian President Hafez Assad would discuss the Arab League's new peace plan as well as the question of how long Syria's 20,000 troops should stay in northern and eastern Lebanon Commanders of the League's 2.300- man peacekeeping force in Beirut said Syrian leaders have assured mediator Hassan Sabry el-Kholy of a "green light" for his peace plan, which calls for phased withdrawals of all troops, including Syria's, from the warfronts. But both rightist and leftist political observers said Assad, who launched Syria's first peace initiative in Lebanon in May.

1975. still could make or break the peace plan They said his invitation to Sarkis only three weeks before the president- elect was scheduled to take office underlined Damascus' intention to play a major role in any political solution to the Lebanese crisis Former Premier Saeb Salam. a leader of the moderate Moslem community, publicly warned Sarkis not to commit Lebanon to any deals on the country's future in his talks in Damascus "The reponsibility for such agreement cannot be shouldered by one person. No one can commit Lebanon to them without collective approval." he said. Spokesmen for both sides said Syrian forces in north and east Lebanon had been placed on full alert prior to Sarkis's trip and diplomatic sources said Syria had reinforced significantly its forces in the mountains and the southeast Both sides said infantry and armored units were moving up from the Bekaa Valley toward leftist and Palestinian strongholds in the central mountains.

A rightist spokesman said they appeared to be headed toward Aintourah. a leftist outpost 19 miles northeast of Beirut Harris case ending Jobless rate up in New York ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) New York A ii.i, IT i iNcw before of this greater vulnerability to State's jobless rate climbed to 9 4 per accidents. cent, up one-tenth of a per cent from Tofany said many lives would be the June figure, according to the state saved motorists plan trips more Labor Department carefully take rest breaks or change The department said Monday the Slight rise was Primarily SSed by Vitamin pushed SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Nobel likelihood that a feared swine influenza laureate Linus Pauling believes large epidemic would develop anyway. doses of Vitamin should be as Pauling has been a long-time effective in building up a body's advocate of the use of vitamin to defenses against swine flu as the war off or ease the symptoms of the vaccine the government will use in its com mon cold and claimed there is a inoculation program this fall.

large body of evidence showing it The 75-year-old scientist made the helps. He said it now appeared the controversial claim at an American Chemical Society meeting Monday and said "a scare campaign" was responsible for pushing through the $135 million swine flu vaccination program. rate was 10.0 per cent in July 1975. The number of New York jobholders increased by 15,300 to 6,942,200 while the total without jobs also increased by 4,600 to 717,200, the department said. Compared to July 1975, the number of persons without jobs was 58,600 lower, marking the fifth consecutive month that total unemployment had fallen below year-ago levels.

Nearly all the increase in unemployment was concentrated in the New York City area and Long Island. Except for Bingharnton and Utica-Rome, all upstate metropolitan ares saw declines in their jobless rolls with the largest drops in Buffalo and in the Albany- Schenectady-Troy area. New York City's unemployment rate was 10.8 per cent, the highest of any metropolitan area in the state and And he said there was little Weather Increasing cloudiness tonight, low 5055. Intermittent rain Wednesday, high in the mid 70s. Variable winds under 10 mph.

The chance of rain is 20 per cent tonight and 80 per cent Wednesday. HIGH 64 LOW 36 The high occurred at 10:30 a.m. and the low at 6 p.m. There was no precipitation and at 10:30 a.m. the barometer read 30.36 and steady.

Temperatures for the 24-hour period were: 3p.m., (3; 6 p.m.,64; 9 p.m., 58; midnight, 42; 3 a.m., 38; 6 a.m., 36; 9 a.m., 48; 10:30 a.m., 64. vitamin would help against other viral infections, including influenza. "In the future, any influenza epidemic can, if one starts, probably be brought under control by proper use of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)," Pauling said. He said antibiotics would help fight any secondary infections that might stem from swine flu. Dr.

Bruce Dull, assistant director of the National Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, said, however, there is no test evidence to support the claim that Vitamin would help against flu. And in Washington, a spokesman for the Public Health Service urged people "not to be misled to equate Vitamin with vaccine as a protection against influenza." Pauling acknowledged that there is not much evidence supporting his claim but cited a University of Toronto study which he said showed that Vitamin had a general antiviral capability. higher than Buffalo's for the first time in several months. Poughkeepsie reported the lowest jobless rate of the metropolitan areas of the state, 6.2 per cent. The highest unemployment was 13.7 per cent in Orleans and Oswego counties.

The lowest July rate was 2.7 per cent in Hamilton County. Despite the gains in the number of jobholders, the total with jobs was 55,700 lower than a year ago. Most of the month's gains occurred in the New York City area and in rural counties, with the majority of other industrial area registering losses. The largest jobholder fall-offs occurred on Long Island and in Rochester. Upstate, only Buffalo and Utica-Rome saw higher employment in July than in June.

LOS ANGELES i UPI i The trial of William and Emily Harris is ending the way it began and continued in bickering, angry outbursts by Harris and flurries of motions by defense attorneys, all denied. Sentencing of the Harrises, scheduled for Monday, was postponed to today because of the delays They included a demand by the defense that jurors submit to lie detector tests and another impassioned denunciation of Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler by Harris The Harrises, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, were convicted on five counts of kidnaping, auto theft and armed robbery for an SLA crime spree with Patricia Hearst, the newspaper heiress they allegedly helped kidnap and convert to their cause. Harris exploded during testimony by Probation Officer Doris Feldman. who recommended in a presentencing report to the judge that they be denied probation, saying Harris bitterly resents the social structure "This shows what kind of probation department you have," Harris yelled at the judge The judge smiled faintly but said State Fair opens at Syracuse SYRACUSE, N.Y. (UPII In an attempt to turn away from commercialism, State Fair officials say this year's fair will place greater emphasis on youth and dairy exhibits.

The fair, slated to open today and run through Labor Day, has turned over one-half of its Farm Machinery Building to youth groups, who have planned daily gymnastic exhibitions and boxing matches, among other activities, a fair spokesman said. The Syracuse Jaycees have also constructed an 11-room, two-story haunted house in the building, complete with nine "monsters." Other features promised in the seven-day event are daily entertainment from an aerial stage in the Dairy Product? Building, a dairy fantasyland for children, complete with a talking cow and a 500-lb butter sculpture of Little Miss Muffet, a daily ox roast adjacent to the Agricultural Museum, and a New York State travel exhibit. The schedule for big name entertainment at the fair's 15,000 seat grandstand is as follows: Tuesday, country and western star Charley Pride; Wednesday, Neil Sedaka Friday, Bob Hope and Bobby Vinton Among those slated to provide free entertainment from 1 p.m to 7 p.m. daily at the Empire Court are Stan Colella and the State Fair Band the rock group C.R.A.C., a dixieland set named the Soda Ash Six, a polka band, a talent search and the Irish Rovers Twilight dancing will be featureJ Thursday and Saturday evenings Tickets range from for the grandstand shows Gate admission will be $2.50, with children under 12 free, students 16 and under admitted at no charge Tuesday and Wednesday, and senior citizens 60 and over admitted free Thursday. Friday and Monday The grandstand will also offer a rodeo on Thursday, a demolition derby on Saturday and stock car racing on Sunday A total of $32,841 in cash and trophies will be awarded during the fair's Bicentennial Horse Show.

Judging began Aug. 26 and will continue through Labor Day, when the finals for the English Division have been scheduled A horse pulling contest will beheld Wednesday nothing Defense lawyer Leonard Wemglass, who has made repeated unsuccessful motions for a mistrial or disqualification of Brandler. made another attempt as Brandler was preparing to pass sentence He demanded the judge disqulify himself for becoming personally "embroiled' in the case and the jurors be given lie detector tests to clear up the mystery surrounding an old newspaper All were denied 'You and her go together very well. She might as well be sitting up there with you. 1 don't want to have to look at your face any longer "Well, you re not going to have to," Brandler calmly replied "We're about at the end of the line." Mrs Feldman said Harris had made 'vicious' remarks about the judge, but she left them out of her report at Harris' request You said the court was deranged and crazy, she replied Boosting aid for needy WASHINGTON (UPli The House voted overwhelmingly Monday to increase federal payments to the needy blind, elderly, and disabled by more than $32 million a year It approved a bill improving the Supplemental Security Income program in more than a dozen ways, including extending it to Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands Under the bill, some of a person's income and gifts would be excluded from the equation that determines a recipient's need Some payments would be increased, and benefits could continue under certain circumstances for patients hospitalized outside the United States The House also voted to require that federal cost-of-living increases go directly to recipients in addition to what some states provide as a supplement That would prevent the states from watering down their own increases by the amount of the federal costof-living adjustment.